Discover Pennsylvania’s mining heritage on this underground train ride through a historic coal mine deep beneath the surface.

WHITSON, Ala. — Norfolk Southern’s export metallurgical coal business is getting a significant boost with the completion of ...

DAVIS, W.Va. — The last operating coal mine on the right-of-way of the original Western Maryland Railway, a facility in the mountains of rural northeastern West Virginia, is slated for closure this ...

DELTA, Colo. – On the Western Slope of Colorado – like many other communities across the country – sits a county where coal mining has employed thousands of people for the past century. However, in ...

SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. — The final coal train left the Indian River Power Plant this week, marking the end of decades of coal transportation on the peninsula. The Indian River Power Plant was retired in ...

Last month’s column explored prehistoric mines, and this month I will follow up on the topic by visiting medieval and modern ...